Wednesday, May 21, 2014

What Drives The West's Self-Destructive Belligerence?

Tony CartalucciLand DestroyerMay 21, 2014"Europe whole and free" and the "reconstruction and enlargement" of Europe. That is how the corporate-funded
Atlantic Council - NATO's defacto public relations front and think tank
- is describing the current agenda of the "transatlantic community" during their celebration
of the "25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 15th
anniversary of NATO's first post-Cold War enlargement, and the 10th
anniversary of the "big bang" enlargements of both the European Union
and NATO."

Readers might notice that the EU and NATO's "big bang" enlargements occurred long
after the Cold War ended - in other words, long after NATO's alleged
reason for existing expired. Yet it not only continued to exist, it in
fact expanded and continues to expand to this very day. Its presence in
Ukraine and Georgia via proxy regimes installed through now admitted
US-backed subversion is reminiscent to Nazi Germany's aggressive
pre-war expansion. Russia then, as it does now, realized that with Nazi
Germany nearing its borders, buffers against what was an existential
threat were necessary.

Buffers Vs. Empire Building

While Russian leader Joseph Stalin was a brute, and his seizure of
Polish territory undoubtedly an act of aggression, it was one of several
factors that helped slow the Germans down long enough for the Soviets
to turn the tide and eventually win the war.